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Before the NC State game I thought we would get 4 ACC wins total.
If they grow up in a teams training academy are they required to sign with that club?
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"sign" is tricky. they can offer scholarships to their academies for younger players, but i think 16 is the minimum age a player can sign a professional contract. but yes, clubs will pay for moving expenses and family relocations and more for younger kids they really want in their academy. also, if a foreign player comes up through your academy, they will count as a homegrown player by European standards when you sign them to your senior team. so a Spanish kid who moves to England to join Arsenal's academy at 14 or 15 will count as and English homegown player if he remains in England through his first senior club appearance.
Pulling hard for the Hammers right now. Tied 1-1 with Man City at the half.
In 2011, Belgian club VVV-Venlo signed an 18 month old.
Football academies. Clubs get them really young and train them.
So clubs can sign someone at any age?
European clubs are not franchises of a larger league as we are accustomed to in US sports. they are all independent clubs who at some point in their history have asked to join a league and then worked their way up through the ranks. being independent, no league tells them how they can or cannot manage their rosters. there is no draft, they develop kids in house through their own youth academies and add players by buying them from other clubs or signing unsigned players. The only roster rules in place are generally about minimum domestic or homegrown players which varies by country except for the european competitions.
as for loaning, a club may have a player who isn't ready or they can't sell for what they think he's worth, so they will loan him out to a club where he can play to either get better or hopefully increase his market value to sell. players don't do anyone any good if they are not playing, so loans are a way to keep as many of your players actually playing as possible. Chelsea, as an example, might have north of 50 players signed to senior team contracts, but they can only have a 28 man roster themselves, so they loan players out all over Europe to play while they retain the rights to those players.
That's the rabbit hole I'm down right now.
But how do you sign them to start? If they don't have a draft?
I have watched that over my kids shoulder before. Agree with recommendation.
Hard to argue with that, but I'll throw Mr. Dr. Invincible in the ring!
Plageuis is no longer canon, but Tarkin is, and it incorporates some elements of Plageuis apparently.
We are inviting anyone willing to walk through snow/ice over for a party,
Having gotten bored enough of being snowed in to clean the place yesterday, we might as well show it off. Hoping someone brings good Bourbon, as I finished of the Maker's, Woodford, and Wild turkey between unwinding after the ND game and Romcom with the Mrs yesterday night. At least there is beer, wine, gin, tequila, vodka, moonshine, cheap bourbon, rum and pretty liqueurs for the ladies martini's left.
To sign a player you need to pay: 1) The club you're buying from 2) The player's wages 3) The agent fees
This can add up to be A LOT of money. Some clubs make their fortunes selling top talent.
Loaning is a nice way to give your non-starters some playing time. Also clubs will often take on the player's wages (or partially) to lower the costs of the loaning club.
Looks to me like it's letting up. I'm expecting it to stop soon. Can't really tell exactly how much we got but I'm guessing in the neighborhood of 20"
Wikipedia.
Yea that's my next line of questions I'm reading about "loaning" players?? How do players get signed? Etc etc
KLOPP IS THE GOAT
Relegation is cool because teams are incentivized to do well rather than lose for a good draft pick. Also no draft picks. The sites I use are bbc football and skysports. Good videos/commentary there.
Ok a lot more EPL fans than I thought. Anyone recommend good website or three to read about clubs, their history, their fans, English soccer leagues in general and for some reason relegation really interests me.
Unless you were born in a specific part of England/Wales and support your local team, you're a bandwagoner. So don't worry about it, you can't win there.
I know exactly where you are. Will try to stop in. We are spending most of our time in lower keys and KW, I've got some good spots to fly fish down there.
I don't believe that bowl wins/losses really mean much. I'd much rather see more out of conference matchups between top teams, and assess from that. It still matters then.
Memphis's performance in their bowl loss isn't an accurate reflection of how the team performed during the year, clearly. Coaching changes, NFL prospects, etc. all interfere with how bowls are viewed. Mid-season out of conference matchups are where it's at!